Raynors HCA 2018-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/21/2018
The 34"-long blood-red pennant (with four 4-3/4" tassels) is in excellent to near mint condition. The pennant features the images of a rifle and a hatchet beneath the words " Marble's Trade Mark Game Getter Gun And Sixty Specialties For Sportsmen ." Marble's "Game Getter Gun" was one of the most desirable rifles of its day—until it was legislated out of existence by the National Firearms Act of 1934 (which placed restrictions on shotguns with barrels less than 18" long). Here offered is a grand example of an advertising pennant promoting this long-defunct firearm. In about 1908, the Marble's company of Gladstone, Michigan, came out with its Game-Getter, a versatile, foldable over/under trail gun. The top barrel was a .22, under it was a .45 bore that could handle either bullets or .410 shotshells. It had a folding wire stock and slipped into a shoulder holster. It came in a couple barrel-lengths, out to 18". It was the ultimate trail gun for the pack-basket.
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